Title:Principles, interests and beliefs : public opinion on international aid
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Author(s):BØLSTAD, JørgenDate:2011Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Why do some individuals show more support for international aid than others? And are people in donor countries less supportive of the idea of aid than those in recipient countries? These are the primary questions motivating ...

Title:Promises and limits of web-deliberation
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Author(s):KIES, RaphaëlDate:2008Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:In this work we will attempt to evaluate which of these scenarios is most likely to become prominent in the future by focusing essentially on three issues: 1) the usage of the online forum by observing how diffuse the ...

Title:Promoting Democracy Abroad: The EU and Latin America, 1995-2005
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Author(s):TRISCRITTI, FiorellaDate:2008Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2008Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Since the 1980s an increasing number of international actors have been promoting democracy worldwide using different methods and instruments. However, despite initial successes, many of these newly created democracies ...

Title:Punishment and citizenship : a theory of criminal disenfranchisement
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Author(s):TRIPKOVIC, MilenaDate:2014Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2014Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The thesis examines the normative justification of contemporary restrictions to electoral rights of criminal offenders. While such limitations are becoming fewer, many democracies retain them even today. Having in mind the ...